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Issue No. 47 published on 31-10-2007
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2007
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Hello everyone,
Your favourite Family magazine is back. Despite my best efforts, Prasad is the only original contributor from the family (other than me). But like Rajinikant, one article of Prasad is equal to at least ten. As always, his article titled The Monk With A Fan Club is very interesting. I'm nearing completion of my next book Romance of the Railways. I hope to release tyhe book in January 2008 before my retirement. My article this month is the second part of my Preface to the book. Last time, I'd covered upto our stay in Vijayawada. This time, it covers Secunderabad, Chittaranjan, Bombay, Kota, Baroda and Bombay. I am reproducing Kausalya's article Art of the royals about the wonderful art still available at the palace of the former rulers of Ramanathapuram from Sunday Magazine section of THe Hindu dated 25th June 2006.
The section 'FROM THE NET' contains Lesser known Heroes and heroines of India, ODE TO ENGLISH, THE HAPPY OLD MAN, HIDDEN MEANINGS and WALKWAY IN GRAND CANYON.
All the other usual features, viz. Memories are made of these, Important family events, Brain Teasers, Crossword Clues and Cryptoquip are there. Do not miss TAMIL JOKES at the bottom of this page.
Enjoy the Newsletter and do write about it. I thank Raghu (who always gives feedback), Kannan (T.Nagar) and Mr.Padmanabhan (Archana's father) on their feedback about the last issue.
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The first feature, as
usual, are the old photos.
MEMORIES ARE MADE OF
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Group photo of my parents,uncle, aunt, my brothers, sister and their families in 1985
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Amritha, Aarthi and I at Kodaikanal in 1992. Harish was busy with his exams and could not accompany us. |
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IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE FAMILY
*** The biggest news in the family is the birth of a daughter to Mukund and Prema. She has been named Shriya (not bexcause of Sivaji, the Boss). Both mother and baby are fine. Prasad and Rupal represented all of us in the Punyavachanam (naming ceremony). Some photos of the function and Shriya are here.
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*** My sister is in BRS Hospital , Chennai. She is better now and will be discharged soon. The Newsletter wihes her a speedy recovery.
*** The other big news is that Aarthi has joined Pantaloons (which is now known as Future Group) on 24th September 2007. She wasn't keen on a fixed routine, but accepted Pantaloon's offer mainly since her teacher would be her boss. She joined in Mumbi and moved to Bangalore the next day itself. From the little communication that we have with her, we feel she is enjoying her job.
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*** After 35 years of service in IAS, Santhanam will take voluntary retirement on 15th November 2007. He'll join Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad as Member. This is a judicial post like mine. He'll serve the Tribunal for five years. His Shashtiabdapoorthi is on 30th November for which he'll come from Hyderabad on leave. Rahul will be in India from 21st November.
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